District Educational Officers Home Page
This page is intended to assist District Educational Officers (DEOs) perform their duties. Suggestions for improvements to this page should be sent to the WebMaster.
- News
- Administrative Functions
- Getting News Updates
- Public Boating Courses
- Public Seminars
- Member Courses
- Awards
- Miscellany
- DEO Kit
News
The PowerPoint presentation given to the DEOs at the Detroit Governing Board Meeting in Sep 08 is now available. This PPT file (8238KB) is for your use in your fall conferences. (11 Sep 08)
Administrative Functions
- What does the DEO do? See paragraph 4.28 of the USPS Operations Manual.
- How should things function in the district educational department? See Educational Department Manual (EDM) II, District Educational Officers (PDF, 642KB)
- Ensure all your SEO nominations submitted by the squadron Nominating Committees have been approved and sent to Headquarters using form ED-80. (Your own nomination information as well as your assistant's information should have been sent to the National Educational Officer (NEO) by your district Nominating Committee Chair using form ED-80.)
- Encourage all instructors to be certified; note that many states require those teaching public boating classes to be certified. Certification must be renewed every four (4) years as well.
- For questions or comments, contact the appropriate person using the Who to Contact page or the EdDept directory.
- Be sure to prepare and/or submit Merit Mark recommendations for those members who assisted in your department in any way.
Getting News Updates
- Subscribe to the DEO E-Mail list (DEOs and ADEOs only). This e-mail list allows National to communicate with you, and for you to communicate with other DEOs to keep you informed of the latest status of EdDept topics. Be sure to pass appropriate information to all your SEOs using the most expeditious means available.
- Be sure to check for applicable Educational Department Notices (EDNs) prior to all district educational department meetings and to alert SEOs of new EDNs.
- Keep up to date with Currents, the National Educational Department's newsletter that's issued twice a year at Governing Board meetings, as well as the Educational Department committee reports.
Public Boating Courses
- Ensure all squadron boating courses in your district are registered on-line. Registration help is available here if anyone needs assistance with the on-line form.
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Be sure Online Registrations are allowed for all public courses.
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- Check out the Basic Public Education Committee web pages for updated information on The Squadron Boating Course or America's Boating Course prior to the start of classes. Ensure SEOs are aware of any updated information.
- Make sure all SEOs are aware of any Memorandum of Understanding between your state(s) and USPS as well as your state laws and regulations.
- Ensure squadrons report course results to Headquarters shortly after their boating class; it's available as an on-line form linked to the class registration (HQ-800) form.
- Ensure squadrons report student information to Headquarters shortly after class completion using either the Boating Class Workbook spreadsheet or the Boating Course Assistant standalone software.
Public Seminars
- Ensure all squadron seminars are registered on-line. Registration help is available here if anyone needs assistance with the on-line form.
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Be sure Online Registrations are allowed for all public courses.
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- Check out the Seminars web page for updated information on all seminars that are being offered in your district. Ensure SEOs are aware of any updated information.
- Ensure squadrons report student information to Headquarters shortly after seminar completion using either the Seminar Workbook spreadsheet or the Boating Course Assistant standalone software. Note that the ED-27 process is not used for seminars as it is for boating classes.
Member Courses
- Coordinate member courses among the squadrons in your district to allow as many members as possible to take our courses.
Awards
- Recognize your best district instructor with the Chapman Excellence in Teaching Award. Forms are sent to squadrons in the summer every year, and you need to ensure your district selects the best person from all the squadron submissions.
- Share your best district teaching aids with other districts and squadrons at the USPS Annual Meeting and be recognized for the best aids in specific course categories. Provide the squadron with the best teaching aid in your district with the necessary acknowledgement to enter the Teaching Aids Competition (TAC) Award at the USPS Annual Meeting.
- Award the Prince Henry the Navigator Award for educational accomplishments if your district has such an award.
Miscellany
Ensure that all SEOs and their assistants and staffs are aware of the following information:
- Read the On Water Policy if anyone in your district is thinking about running some part of a course on a boat.
- Use the EdDept Glossary to define any nautical terms with which you're not familiar.
- See the listing of all EdDept forms
DEO Kit
DEO kits are no longer shipped from HQ. DEOs are encouraged to download and/or use the tools in the DEO and SEO kits directly from the web. DEO kit contents are as follows:
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